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S.F. Muni transit director wants travel times halved

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni) unveiled a strategy that would cut the travel times on some bus and rail routes in half, KCBS reported. The plan will address speeds, areas where buses back up and how to better connect with new job centers.

The plan is needed to accommodate the population growth that is expected in San Francisco over the next 20 to 30 years, with city officials estimating an extra 100,000 households and 190,000 jobs, an agency official told the paper. For the full story, click here.

The CTfastrak transit system provides direct service to and from Waterbury, Cheshire, Southington, Bristol, Plainville, New Britain, Newington, West Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford and Manchester with routes that take advantage of the bus-only CTfastrak roadway.

ABQ RIDE is looking to model its plan after the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s HealthLine, which is sponsored through a hospital partnership. Construction on the so-called ART system could begin in May 2016 with an in-service date of September 2017.